What is notable about Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique?
a. It is based on the Goethe's Faust.
b. It is one of the earliest examples of absolute music.
c. It is one of the earliest examples of Romantic program music.
d. It requires an orchestra of 140 players and a large chorus.
c
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A) Jacopo Peri B) Claudio Monteverdi C) Giulio Caccini D) Giovanni Gabrieli
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a. the song most closely resembling the album cover art b. an older version design to cover up the newer c. a song with an unusual rhythm, so as to cover up the true beat d. a version of a song by someone other than the original artist
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a) after Run DMC covered “Walk this Way” b) after Quincy Jones said hip hop mattered c) when Tupac Shakur was shot and killed d) because of the Vincent Price rap on “Thriller”
This listening example is representative of which type of music?
A. musical theater B. minstrel C. opera D. pageant